Former New Mexico governor has switched to the Libertarian Party.
Gary Johnson switched his registration to Libertarian and kicked off his campaign for the party’s nomination for president Wednesday at a news conference in Santa Fe.
“I’m doing this today because this is an agenda that I think resonates with most Americans, and it’s an agenda that’s not being addressed by either party,” Johnson said at an event in front of the state capitol building he presided over for two terms as governor. “I think we have a unique opportunity in this country to actually fix the problems that face us all, but it’s not going to be business as usual.”
[….]“We are just fed up with the two party system. The Democratic Party, I think, has turned their backs on gay rights, marriage equality, their anti-war base, their anti-drug war sentiment,” he said. “… Republicans are no longer the stewards of the pocketbook. Republicans are no longer good stewards of tax dollars.”
“I have been a Republican my entire life,” he said. “I don’t view this as leaving the Republican Party as much as the Republican Party has left me.”
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